# Fazle Elahee

**Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer & AI-First Developer**

- Email: fazle.elahee@gmail.com
- Phone: +44 7415 352 423
- Location: London, UK
- Web: https://fazleelahhee.github.io/
- GitHub: https://github.com/fazleelahhee
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fazle-elahee
- Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/story/fazle-elahee

**Credentials:** 17+ years experience · Zend Certified PHP Engineer (2013, ID 258049700) · Toptal Top 3 %

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## Profile

Senior full-stack engineer with 17+ years shipping scalable web platforms for startups, agencies and enterprises including PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën), Sodexo and Riskhub. Core expertise pairs PHP/Laravel back-ends with Vue.js/Nuxt 3 front-ends. Track record of modernising legacy codebases (Zend Framework 2 → Laravel), designing OpenAPI-first APIs, implementing role-based access control, and automating developer tooling. Toptal-vetted (top 3 % of freelance talent). Currently practising **AI-first development** — coding agents, autogenerated SDKs, contract-first specs as machine-readable interfaces, and prompt-aware code review.

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## Experience

### Full-Stack Developer — Sonin App Development
**Feb 2026 — Present** · Reigate, UK · Remote · Contract

- Building enterprise-grade ISS Compliance management platform on a Laravel API + Nuxt 3 monorepo.
- Designed and shipped RBAC with granular permissions across both backend and frontend layers.
- Containerised RESTful APIs via Docker; SSR-safe dynamic Nuxt 3 frontends.
- Authored a reusable component library to maintain UI consistency and accelerate delivery.

**Stack:** Laravel · Nuxt 3 · Vue.js · TypeScript · Docker · MySQL · REST APIs

### Software Engineer — Riskhub Ltd
**Nov 2022 — Sept 2025** · London, UK · Hybrid · Full-time

- Lead developer on key product features across Laravel, Vue 2/3, Nuxt and TypeScript.
- Modernised a 10+ year-old Zend Framework 2 codebase to Laravel without downtime.
- Designed OpenAPI-first APIs enabling contract-first development across teams.
- Auto-generated JavaScript and PHP SDKs from API specs — eliminating client/server contract drift.
- Hardened code quality with unit tests, Behat BDD scenarios, and API-spec validation.

**Stack:** Laravel · Zend Framework 2 · Vue 2/3 · Nuxt · TypeScript · jQuery · OpenAPI

### Full-Stack Developer — Aris Technologies Ltd
**Apr 2022 — Oct 2023** · Oxford, UK · Contract

- Developed platform features for an eGaming and social-gaming company, lifting player engagement.
- Conducted code reviews, fixed bugs and improved overall codebase quality and test coverage.

**Stack:** Laravel · WordPress · Vue.js

### Web Developer — Sonin App Development
**Aug 2018 — Dec 2021** · Reigate, UK · Full-time

- Delivered end-to-end web and mobile solutions for high-profile agency clients, from backend APIs to responsive frontends.
- Built backend systems in Laravel, integrated third-party APIs, and developed frontends in Vue.js, React and React Native.
- Managed technically demanding projects with tight deadlines, consistently meeting delivery milestones.

**Stack:** Laravel · Vue.js · React · React Native · AngularJS · WordPress · jQuery · Vagrant

### PHP Developer — PSA Group · Peugeot / Citroën
**Jun 2017 — Mar 2018** · Coventry, UK · On-site · Contract

- Built internal web applications at the UK corporate HQ for in-house teams and a nationwide dealer network.
- Led the implementation of the Customer Incentive Web Application used by dealers and internal stakeholders to manage promotional campaigns.

**Stack:** Laravel 5.4/5.5 · Vue.js · JavaScript · Apache · Vagrant · Linux

### PHP Developer — Sodexo · p&mm employee benefits
**Oct 2016 — Feb 2017** · Milton Keynes, UK · On-site · Contract

- Migrated legacy .NET applications to Laravel at the UK HQ of this global facilities-management company.
- Integrated with Oracle databases via OCI8, ensuring data continuity during platform transition.

**Stack:** Laravel 5.2 · Oracle OCI8 · Apache · Nginx

### Senior PHP Developer — Toptal
**Mar 2014 — Feb 2017** · Remote · Freelance

- Accepted into Toptal's exclusive network — top 3 % of global freelance developers — after rigorous screening.
- Delivered PHP / Laravel projects for international clients with high quality standards.

### PHP Developer — Datravel · Bondmedia · Tourconstructor · Kreative Charge
**2011 — 2014** · London, UK · Various agencies

- **Datravel:** built a hotel-booking and air-ticket-sales platform with custom CRM, integrating multiple 3rd-party APIs.
- **Bondmedia:** developed WordPress and Magento plugins, themes and extensions; managed Linux servers.
- **Tourconstructor:** built a travel-agency web application serving the Russian market.

**Stack:** Laravel · WordPress · Magento · MySQL · Linux · 3rd-party API integrations

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## Open Source

### code-context-engine
https://github.com/elara-labs/code-context-engine · MIT · Python

> Claude re-reads your code every session. Make it stop.

Local MCP server that gives Claude Code persistent project context — AST indexing, hybrid keyword + semantic vector search, and cross-session memory. Cuts repeat-read tokens by **70 %+**; runs entirely on your machine over SQLite.

**Topics:** claude-code · mcp · ast · semantic-search · token-optimization

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## Technical Skills

- **Backend:** PHP 7/8 · Laravel · Symfony · Zend Framework · REST APIs · OpenAPI · Pest · PHPUnit · Behat
- **Frontend:** Vue.js 2 & 3 · Nuxt 3 · TypeScript · React · React Native · HTML5 · CSS3 · jQuery
- **AI & workflow:** Claude Code · coding agents · prompt engineering · LLM-augmented review · spec-driven development · SDK auto-generation · MCP servers
- **DevOps & infra:** Docker · Linux · Nginx · Apache · CI/CD · Vagrant
- **Data & CMS:** MySQL · Oracle · Git · Monorepo · WordPress · Magento

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## Education & Certifications

- **BSc (Eng) Internet Technology** — University of Portsmouth, 2007
- **Zend Certified PHP Engineer** — Perforce Zend, June 2013 (Credential ID 258049700)

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*Last updated April 2026.*